I think going in a group helps. There were a few of us at MBGC today, namely Sunny, Moon, Fabulous, CK, KS and myself. TCSS a little while Moon was showing us the wonders of her new toy It helped motivate... and getting someone else to look at your swing and offer feedback is useful (thanks, Fabulous)

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"A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom." Henry Beard

why do you feel the need to go driving range?? For my sometimes the driving range sessions are counter productive; I usually go because I've read something in a mag/internet or saw on tv and want to try at the range. The end result is almost always the same; at the end of the range session, I'm even more confused.. .

why do you feel the need to go driving range?? For my sometimes the driving range sessions are counter productive; I usually go because I've read something in a mag/internet or saw on tv and want to try at the range. The end result is almost always the same; at the end of the range session, I'm even more confused.. .

I agree - sometimes I see something on the Golf Channel and I feel like I'd like to give it a go. The range is a good place to test out new things. But I need to remember, while practice makes perfect... practice also makes permanent so doing something wrong repeatedly will be nasty. It's like cementing in a bad habit!

wow tht's great...bro, you finish the whole lesson? or taking single lesson?

got a fren of mine told me the best is (after getting hcp n play quite often)

got for lesson once every 2 weeks,after lesson, go range twice a week, go green twice a week,after 2-3months, you will improve very fast....

eerrmmm...My coach tells me that I can continue to take lessons as long as I want. After 4 lessons, I more or less have the technique for short & mid irons. Today just started on the woods & driver. Each lesson cost me SGD$40.

I did ask him how many lessons do I need and he just said up to me. So I guess once I have learnt all the clubs, than I might just stop. I have yet to go to play on course yet. I have set my self a target of October to hit the course.

eerrr....In Ho Chi Min City in Vietnam. Local pro teaching. THis is because I am base in Ho CHi Min City. There are some foreigners teaching in Vietnam also. There is an aussie guy charging about SGD$70 per hour

Having given this issue more thought, my learned friend and experienced golfer (DS) told me that golf is a game where you have a quota of good shots per week. Once you've used them all up, that's too bad So, my bad habit is to use up all my good shots in the range such that when I play on the course, I'm stuck with messed up shots.

... at least that's what I'm telling myself these days.

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"A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom." Henry Beard

Having given this issue more thought, my learned friend and experienced golfer (DS) told me that golf is a game where you have a quota of good shots per week. Once you've used them all up, that's too bad So, my bad habit is to use up all my good shots in the range such that when I play on the course, I'm stuck with messed up shots.

... at least that's what I'm telling myself these days.

LOL! Good one though... the only reason I go to range is to get muscle memory... otherwise, regular playing on the green will help to shave off my score more than regular visit to the range... unless of course I am playing with you Bro. That fantastic hybrid shots put so much pressure on me that I faltered and ended up with double bogey rounds

i think to the range, most impt thing you must have what you want to practice in mind. instead of juz goin there to hit numerous of mindless balls and creating unwanted, non-realistic muscle memory....

but range is still impt..for us to adjust our tempo, do some tweaking, etc.....

haha last time i brought camera to the range, kenna damn BLACK FACE from the driving range operator cuz he thought my friends and I were coaching, almost chased us away.

But anyway! back to golf_snowmans question. I find that for myself, learning and practising different shots at the range really keeps up the interest. Instead of trying to hit it long and straight all the time, "try" hitting a variety - stingers with driver, 3 wood - cuts , slices, draws, hooks, high shots with irons etc ...

You'll realise its not easy, and usually cannot execute the shot on command. But once you hit the occasional shot that turned out perfect, you'll want to be able to do it again. You'll start thinking of different feelings, or swing thoughts, to hit different shots.

And the best thing is, this helps your game on the course When you're having a shitty day on the course where everything slices after 5 holes, just "try" that hook swing that you've been working on at the range, and Im pretty sure that will straighten things out abit for you.